How to delete hard drive and dispose of a lap top?

[jagee]

How did you get CM's bat?

I know where he keeps it in the shop. Manny let me in.

 

[RustyHornet]

I know where he keeps it in the shop. Manny let me in.

Did he at least wipe my blood off?

 

[jagee]

Did he at least wipe my blood off?

Doesn't look like it.

 

[RustyHornet]

Doesn't look like it.

He's so forgetful... Old people....

 

[lovemachine]

I thought CM's bat was pink with purple butterflies painted on it?

 

[RustyHornet]

I thought CM's bat was pink with purple butterflies painted on it?

That was a one time deal and I was told those pictures were deleted from the hard drive via explosion. That's the only true way to dispose of an old hard drive anyway.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

As noted, drilling through the platters a few times is the standard method for hd disposal.

 

[SMiller]

Lol. I'd prefer to not blow anything up

Kindly leave!

 

[Gluemanz28]

Lol. I'd prefer to not blow anything up

Ok, so I leave Indiana for one day and the wheels are coming off INGO

I never thought I would see the words "I'd prefer to not blow anything up" posted on INGO.

I'm hoping things will get back to normal before I get back from Texas on Friday.

Is The bully from Speedway heading up the intervention?

 

[Hop]

I hear Hillary is looking for work. Let her take a cloth to it.

 

[warthog]

a lot of shredders will shred the HD if you remove it from the spindles.

If you wish to preserve it while blanking it, get yourself a really strong rare earth magnet and put it near it and let it spin.
Be very careful, a rare earth magnet will remove body parts if you get it too close to something it wants to stick to.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Another vote for disassembly. Those magnets are wicked strong. I have quite a few. Just do NOT get any body parts you like between them. It hurts. (Laptop drives not so much, but still powerful based on mass)

Once the drive is open, damage the platters and it is adequately destroyed. Actually, once you open the drive and put your fingerprint oils all over the platters it is adequately damaged fro most applications. So unless you have something REALLY bad on it (like NSA/FBI/CIA woudl be interested) simply, opening the drive and scuffing the platters is enough.

 

[bwframe]

LM,

I can likely recover your photos if you want them. Have a few other old systems that I'll be wiping/recycling as spring cleaning soon. Leme know if you want yours included.

 

[jgressley2003]

Mail it to Hillary....all of her computers end up destroyed

 

[Old Dog]

Pull magnets, pull platter(s), drop it in acid. Muriatic, sulfuric, etc. Liquid nitrogen would be cool (pun), then fly it like a Frisbee into the side of the house!

 

[nipprdog]

So how do I wipe out the hard drive?

Reformat it.

 

[Vigilant]

Fire, it's the only way to be sure!(besides nuking it from orbit)

 

[Lelliott8]

Mail it to Hillary....all of her computers end up destroyed

Beat me by 6 hours

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The hard drive comes out with nothing more than a screwdriver. Then you can plug it into one of these: https://www.google.com/shopping/pro...1sW8F5s8aosJ0PlMP_nTubmj5_FWzXBiEYaArX48P8HAQ or similar, and use it like a USB drive. You can transfer your photos to a new computer, just use it as a backup, etc. Then toss/recycle the remainder of the laptop.

 

[eldirector]

Just did this for my mother's old laptop.

Remove the drive, send the rest to RecycleForce near downtown Indy.
RecycleForce

The drive can be destroyed by any method you choose. I use the drillpress or .40 S&W.